Chords for How To Play WHAT'S GOING ON Marvin Gaye Guitar Lesson Motown @EricBlackmonGuitar

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Hi _ and welcome to my tutorial on how to play
What's Going On by Marvin Gaye on guitar.
_ The guitar is tuned standard _ _ _ EADGBE.
_ And we'll start with the intro, which is going to sound something like [G] this.
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_ _ _ We'll start the song by strumming an E major 7 chord. _ _ _ _
And the key is E major, by the way. _ _ _
We'll form that chord by barring everything from the D string down on fret 7,
bringing in the middle finger to fret 8 on the G string,
bringing in the ring finger to the D string fret 9,
and the little finger to the B string fret 9.
_ And we'll strum that from the A string.
_ _ Like that.
Now if the E gets in there, that's fine.
_ It's an E chord. _
We'll be playing this way.
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_ Down, up, down, up. _ _ _
_ _ _ We'll do [D] that until the verse starts.
Now once the verse starts, we'll use this strumming pattern.
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_ _ _ _ _ That's down, up, [G#m] down, up, down.
Up, up, up, down.
Down, up, down, up, down.
Up, up, up, [D#] down.
[Gm] And I'm doing some muting with my left hand
by squeezing the chord when I want sound, and letting up on it,
and just touching the strings [G#m] when I don't.
So it's down, up, down, up, down.
Up, up, up, down.
_ Down, up, down, up, down.
Up, up, up, down. [D#m] Like that.
_ _ _ _ [E] When we start the verses, it'll sound like this.
Mother, _ mother, I _ _ _ [C#m] miss you so. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Brother, brother, brother, _ _ there's a father who [E] calls you down.
_ _ _ You know it.
[F#m] For the verses, we're going to go to an E major 7 _ _ _ _ _
_ down to a [G#] C sharp minor 7.
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[F] And we'll be making that C sharp minor 7
by barring fret 4 from the D string down,
bringing in the middle finger [D#] to the B string, fret 5,
and the ring finger to the D string, fret 6,
strumming that from the A string as [C#m] well. _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ So we'll [E] play it this way. _ _
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_ _ Then we'll go to the pre-chorus, and it'll sound like this.
The Lord is [A] on the throne.
_ _ _ _ To bring [E] some love in.
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To play the pre-chorus, we'll go to an F sharp minor 7,
_ _ which we're forming the same way as [C#m] we did our C sharp minor 7,
[F#m] but we're playing here at fret 9 _ with the index finger. _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ Our next chord is a B7 suspended 4. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ We're going to form that chord by barring fret 7
with the index finger,
and bringing in the ring finger to the A string, fret 9,
and the little finger to the G string, fret 9. _
_ _ _ We'll follow that with a B7 [B] _ like that. _ _
We'll make our B7 by simply removing the little finger
from the G string,
and placing the middle finger on the G string, fret 8. _ _
_ So we've got this.
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_ _ [F] Then we'll go to the chorus, and the chorus will sound like this.
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_ _ [E] _ [A] The _ _ [A]
Lord is here with the angels. _
_ _ Walking with the angels so you [B] can see.
[E] Oh, what's going on? _
_ [C#m] What's going on?
Yeah, [E] what's going on?
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_ [C] So we'll play the chorus by going to F sharp minor [F#m] 7, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] B7 suspended 4,
_ _ _ _ F sharp minor 7,
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B7 suspended 4, _ _ _
[F#m] F sharp minor 7, _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] B7 suspended [B] 4,
B7. _
_ _ We'll go to E major [E] 7, _ _
_ _ _ _ C [C#m] sharp minor 7,
_ _ _ E [E] major 7, _
_ _ _ _ C sharp minor 7.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ And then we'll go to the bridge,
and the bridge will sound like this.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ Oh, [Am] what's _ _ _ _ _ [Am] going on?
What's going on?
_ _ [C] _ Oh, what's going on? _
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[Em] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ Oh, [B] what's _ _ going on?
Oh, _ what's going on?
Oh, what's going on? _ _ _
_ _ For [Am] the bridge, we're going to hang out for a little while on an A minor 7 chord. _
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_ _ _ _ _ If you want to flavor that chord, you can hit a high note, or a high B,
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_ _ _ here at fret 7 on the [Am] high E string, like that. _ _ _
Which is going to make it an A minor 9. _
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_ _ _ Now I'm making my A minor [F#] 7 by barring everything from the D string [A] down,
and bringing a finger over to grab that [Am] A.
But you can also play that chord this way. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ That's barring fret 5, and bringing in the ring finger to the A string, fret 7.
_ And then throw in your _ little finger [B] for that _ [Am] 9th right there.
So we can play _ like _ [E] _ _ _ _ that.
I [Am] prefer doing it this way, _ _ [Em] so I can [F#] use my ring finger, [Am] which is stronger.
I'm holding down that high note. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] We'll play that A [Am] minor 7 for a little while. _ _ _
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Then we'll go to B7 suspended 4.
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B7, [F#] B7 suspended 4. _ _ _
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_ _ And then we'll go back to the [E] verse with an E major 7. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And since after that, all the parts are repeated,
we've learned everything we need to learn to play
_ What's Going On by Marvin Gaye. _
_ _ Thanks for stopping by, _ and have a great day. _ _ _ _ _
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